SloppyCalculator/SinFoS huggingface dataset:
Sinhala figure of speech: කැපෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Being cut
English equivalent: Chime in with
Meaning:  two things are similar or consistent with each other
Sinhala figure of speech: මුළු සක්වළම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Whole universe
English equivalent: From China to Peru
Meaning: the ends of the earth
Sinhala figure of speech: සරුවෙන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: With fertility/richness
English equivalent: In good circumstances
Meaning: (of a person) in a good financial situation
Sinhala figure of speech: සක් සුදක් සේ පැහැදිලි
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Clear as a conch shell's whiteness
English equivalent: Clear as crystal
Meaning: obvious and very easy to understand
Sinhala figure of speech: අතැඹුලක් සේ පැහැදිලි
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Clear like a nelli fruit in the hand
English equivalent: Clear as crystal
Meaning: obvious and very easy to understand
Sinhala figure of speech: අස් පස් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing corner-dirt (cleaning)
English equivalent: Clear up
Meaning: to make or become clear
Sinhala figure of speech: තටු කපා දමනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Cutting off the wings
English equivalent: Clip the wings of
Meaning: to limit someone's freedom
Sinhala figure of speech: යන්තමින් බේරීම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Saving by a machine/little bit
English equivalent: Close shave
Meaning: a narrow escape
Sinhala figure of speech: අනූනවයෙන් බේරීම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Saving by ninety-nine
English equivalent: Close shave
Meaning: a narrow escape
Sinhala figure of speech: කෙස් ගහෙන් බේරිම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Saving by a hair strand
English equivalent: Close shave
Meaning: a narrow escape
Sinhala figure of speech: අන්දුන් කුන්දුන් වී
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Having become confused/dazed
English equivalent: In the clouds
Meaning: not in contact with reality
Sinhala figure of speech: සරුයි
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Fertile
English equivalent: Live, or be, in clover
Meaning: in a state of ease or luxury
Sinhala figure of speech: රිංගා යනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Crawling/Creeping through
English equivalent: Drive a coach and four through
Meaning: to completely expose the flaws or weaknesses in something, such as a law, argument, or plan, thereby weakening or destroying it
Sinhala figure of speech: සැහෙන්න දෙහි කපනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Cutting lime significantly
English equivalent: Haul over the coals
Meaning: to criticize sharply
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇඟිල්ලේ තරමටලු ඉදිමිල්ල
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Swelling according to the finger
English equivalent: Cut one's coat according to one's cloth
Meaning: to make plans and decisions that are based on what you have and not what you would like
Sinhala figure of speech:  පාට වෙනස් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Changing color
English equivalent: Turn one's coat
Meaning: to change one's loyalty, allegiance, or opinion to a different side, often for personal gain or to align with popular opinion
Sinhala figure of speech: ඔළුව උදුම්මා ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Swelling the head
English equivalent: Be cock-a-hoop
Meaning: extremely pleased about something that you have done
Sinhala figure of speech: සුදු කපුටු කථාවක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A white crow story
English equivalent: A cock-and-bull story
Meaning: a story that you do not believe
Sinhala figure of speech: කෙරුමිකාරයා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The doer
English equivalent: Cock of the walk
Meaning: a person who asserts himself or herself in a strutting pompous way
Sinhala figure of speech: සිත පිනවනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Pleasing the mind
English equivalent: Warm the cockles of one's heart
Meaning: to make someone feel pleased or cheerful
Sinhala figure of speech: මුදල් ගරාගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Raking in money
English equivalent: Coin money
Meaning: to earn or accumulate wealth rapidly
Sinhala figure of speech: බෙදාපු හැන් දෙන්ම ආපසු බෙදනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Serving back with the same spoon served
English equivalent: Pay back in his own coin
Meaning: to treat a person in the way that he or she has treated others
Sinhala figure of speech: එකට එක කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing one to one
English equivalent: Pay back in his own coin
Meaning: to treat a person in the way that he or she has treated others
Sinhala figure of speech: බොරුවක් කර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Having done a lie
English equivalent: Under false colours
Meaning: to deliberately deceive people
Sinhala figure of speech: ජය කොඩි නංවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Raising victory flags
English equivalent: With flying colours
Meaning: very successfully
Sinhala figure of speech: ගුටි බැට හුවමාරු කරයන් නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Exchanging blows
English equivalent: Come to blows
Meaning: to begin fighting one another
Sinhala figure of speech: හට ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Taking root/birth
English equivalent: Come into existence
Meaning: to begin to exist
Sinhala figure of speech: කොටින් කියතොත්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: If said briefly
English equivalent: It comes to this
Meaning: a situation has reached a certain point, often a bad one, due to a sequence of past events, indicating an impasse or unexpected outcome
Sinhala figure of speech: අත යට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Under the hand
English equivalent: At one's command
Meaning: have particular skill or particular resources and can use them fully
Sinhala figure of speech: කට පාඩම් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making mouth lesson
English equivalent: Commit to memory
Meaning: to learn by heart
Sinhala figure of speech: වන පොත් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making open books (reciting)
English equivalent: Commit to memory
Meaning: to learn by heart
Sinhala figure of speech: තමන්ගේගේ බෙරේ ගස්ස ගන්ට තතනනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Trying to play one's own drum
English equivalent: Fish for compliments
Meaning: to try to get people to say nice things about one
Sinhala figure of speech: හරි හරියට යනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Going equal to equal
English equivalent: Try conclusions
Meaning: to engage in an argument or contest
Sinhala figure of speech: කොරේ පිට මරේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Death on top of lame
English equivalent: Confusion worse confounded
Meaning: a situation that was already disordered or chaotic has become even more chaotic and difficult to manage
Sinhala figure of speech: ජරමර අස්සෙ බර කරත්ත
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Bullock carts amidst the chaos
English equivalent: Confusion worse confounded
Meaning: a situation that was already disordered or chaotic has become even more chaotic and difficult to manage
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇත්ත කියතොත්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: If truth be told
English equivalent: On the contrary
Meaning: you have just said or implied that something is not true and are going to say that the opposite is true
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇඟට පතට නොදැනී
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not feeling to the body or limb
English equivalent: Cool as a cucumber
Meaning: very calm
Sinhala figure of speech: කිසි ගණනක් නැතිව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Without any number/count
English equivalent: Cool as a cucumber
Meaning: very calm
Sinhala figure of speech: හීතල ගණන් කාරයා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Cold calculator/person
English equivalent: Cool customer
Meaning: someone who stays calm and does not show their emotions, even in a difficult situation
Sinhala figure of speech: මත් සැරේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In the intoxication speed
English equivalent: Dutch courage
Meaning:  false courage gained from drinking alcohol
Sinhala figure of speech: තනි අකුරෙ බලේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Power of the single letter ("I")
English equivalent: Dutch courage
Meaning:  false courage gained from drinking alcohol
Sinhala figure of speech: සිරිත් ප්‍රකාර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: According to custom
English equivalent: As a matter of course
Meaning: as a natural or normal consequence, mode of action, or event
Sinhala figure of speech: කොකා දිය සිඳන තුරු බලා සිටින්නා වාගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like the heron waiting for water to dry
English equivalent: Till the cows come home
Meaning: for a very long time; effectively for ever
Sinhala figure of speech: කළු කපුටා සුදු වෙන තුරු
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Until the black crow becomes white
English equivalent: Till the cows come home
Meaning: for a very long time; effectively for ever
Sinhala figure of speech: කල්පාන්තය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: End of an eon
English equivalent: Crack of doom
Meaning: the signal for the beginning of Judgment Day
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇඟ හිරිවටවනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Numbing the body
English equivalent: Give one the creeps
Meaning: make one feel very nervous or frightened
Sinhala figure of speech: හතර බිහිරි කථාවක් කරනවා.
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Doing a four-deaf story
English equivalent: Talk at cross purposes
Meaning: misunderstanding or having different aims from one another
Sinhala figure of speech: තරහෙන් පුපුර පුපුරා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Bursting and bursting with anger
English equivalent: Cross as two sticks
Meaning:  someone who is extremely angry, irritated, or in a bad mood
Sinhala figure of speech: කුඩ මිටි හරස් කර ගන්නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Making the umbrella handle cross
English equivalent: Cross swords
Meaning: to argue or fight
Sinhala figure of speech: කුණු මාළු වෙන්දේසි කරනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Auctioning rotten fish
English equivalent: Cry stinking fish
Meaning: To put down or undervalue one's own work or efforts
Sinhala figure of speech: පොත්තෙන් බේරුණේ නැති
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not saved from the bark/shell
English equivalent: Unlicked cub
Meaning: A rude uncouth young fellow
Sinhala figure of speech: ශ්‍රී කාන්තාව වැළඳ ගන්නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Embracing the Lady Luck (Sri Kantha)
English equivalent: One's cup (of happiness) is filled
Meaning: someone has enough physical, mental, and emotional energy and well-being to be content and resilient through life's challenges, typically by engaging in self-care and activities that bring joy, peace, or rejuvenation
Sinhala figure of speech: වෙරි මරගාත්තෙන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Drunk smear-place
English equivalent: In one's cups
Meaning: drunk
Sinhala figure of speech: අඩි පිට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: On the foot/step
English equivalent: In one's cups
Meaning: drunk
Sinhala figure of speech: පන්දම් අල්ලනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Holding torches
English equivalent: Curry favour
Meaning: to ingratiate oneself, especially with superiors
Sinhala figure of speech: වදක භාර්යා දෙසුම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The torturer-wife sermon
English equivalent: Curtain lecture
Meaning: a scolding administered in private to one's spouse
Sinhala figure of speech: අමාරුකාරයා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Difficult person / Sick person
English equivalent: Tough customer
Meaning: a particular type of person or thing, especially one that is difficult to deal with
Sinhala figure of speech: වැල්වටාරම් නවත්වනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Stopping the vine-windings
English equivalent: Cut the cackle
Meaning: to stop chattering
Sinhala figure of speech: කැපිල පෙනෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Appearing cut
English equivalent: Cut a figure
Meaning: to attract attention
Sinhala figure of speech: කට්ටෙට තියා වැඩ කරනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Working keeping to the notch/mouth
English equivalent: Cut it fine
Meaning: to allow little margin of time, space, etc
Sinhala figure of speech: තාලෙ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The rhythm/style
English equivalent: Cut of one's jib
Meaning: one's appearance or way of dressing
Sinhala figure of speech: කුඩ මිටි හරස් කරගත් යමන
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Journey with crossed umbrella handles
English equivalent: At daggers drawn
Meaning: in a state of open hostility
Sinhala figure of speech: ඔරවා බලනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Looking while staring/frowning
English equivalent: Look daggers
Meaning: to glare with hostility
Sinhala figure of speech: පුහු වෙඩිල්ලක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A hollow shot
English equivalent: A damp squib
Meaning: something that is much less impressive or exciting than you expected it to be
Sinhala figure of speech: ආවඩනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Wishing long life
English equivalent: Dance attendance
Meaning: to be obsequious in one's attentions or service; attend constantly
Sinhala figure of speech: යකා වුවත් නොතකන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not minding even the devil
English equivalent: Dare-devil
Meaning: a recklessly bold person
Sinhala figure of speech: වගක් තුගක් නැති
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: No information or details
English equivalent: Dare-devil
Meaning: a recklessly bold person
Sinhala figure of speech: අඳුරේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In the dark
English equivalent: In the dark
Meaning: uninformed
Sinhala figure of speech: මූදු බත් වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming sea-rice
English equivalent: To go to Davy Jones' locker
Meaning: to go to the bottom of the sea
Sinhala figure of speech: මුළු තිස් පැයම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: All thirty hours (Sinhala day)
English equivalent: All day long
Meaning: throughout the entire day, from morning until night
Sinhala figure of speech: මහ දවල්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Big day
English equivalent: Broad daylight
Meaning: expressing your surprise that it is done during the day when people can see it, rather than at night.
Sinhala figure of speech: දුක් කම්කටුපු කාලය 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Time of sorrow and thorns
English equivalent: Dark days
Meaning:  period of misfortune, disaster, or deep unhappiness
Sinhala figure of speech: අඳුරු කාලය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Dark time
English equivalent: Dark days
Meaning:  period of misfortune, disaster, or deep unhappiness
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇදිරි යුගය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Blind/Dark era
English equivalent: Dark days
Meaning:  period of misfortune, disaster, or deep unhappiness
Sinhala figure of speech: ලෝකාන්තිම දවස
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: World-end day
English equivalent: Day of doom
Meaning:  The end of the world
Sinhala figure of speech: කල්පාන්තය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: End of eon
English equivalent: Day of doom
Meaning:  The end of the world
Sinhala figure of speech: මාරක දිනය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Fatal day
English equivalent: Day of doom
Meaning:  The end of the world
Sinhala figure of speech: දවල් සිහිනය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Day dream
English equivalent: Day-dream
Meaning: a pleasant dreamlike fantasy indulged in while awake
Sinhala figure of speech: දවසක් නෑර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Without leaving a day
English equivalent: Day in, day out
Meaning: every day and all day long
Sinhala figure of speech: මහ දවල් කොල්ල කැම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Broad daylight robbery
English equivalent: Daylight robbery
Meaning: blatant overcharging
Sinhala figure of speech: ජය අත්විය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Victory hand-reached
English equivalent: The day is won
Meaning: win a battle, struggle, or competition
Sinhala figure of speech: මරණය ඉතා ආසන්නය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Death is very near
English equivalent: Days are numbered
Meaning: someone or something will not exist or be successful for much longe
Sinhala figure of speech: විනාශය ආසන්න්නය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Destruction is near
English equivalent: Days are numbered
Meaning: someone or something will not exist or be successful for much longe
Sinhala figure of speech: ආදි කාලය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Ancient time
English equivalent: Days of old
Meaning:  past, remote, or ancient times, often associated with a sense of nostalgia for tradition, historical events, or simpler times
Sinhala figure of speech: හිරු අස් තංගමය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Sun setting
English equivalent: Decline of day
Meaning: the time of day when the day is coming to a close, specifically as the sun sets
Sinhala figure of speech: සිකුරු
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Venus
English equivalent: Dead certain
Meaning: absolutely or completely sure, without any doubt or reservation
Sinhala figure of speech: හරි හරියට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Equal to equal
English equivalent: Dead heat
Meaning: a tie between two or more contestants in any position
Sinhala figure of speech: හෙම්බත් වෙලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Drooping/Withered
English equivalent: Dead beat
Meaning: tired out
Sinhala figure of speech: බොරුවට නොවේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not for a lie
English equivalent: In dead earnest
Meaning: to be completely and absolutely serious, sincere, or determined about something
Sinhala figure of speech: මහ රෑ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Big night
English equivalent: Dead of night
Meaning: the middle of the night, when it is very dark
Sinhala figure of speech: දෙගොඩහරියේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: At the splitting of two banks
English equivalent: Dead of night:
Meaning: the middle of the night, when it is very dark
Sinhala figure of speech: අරියාදුවක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A grudge/obstruction
English equivalent: A raw deal
Meaning: being treated unfairly
Sinhala figure of speech: බාල්දු වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming devalued
English equivalent: Demean oneself
Meaning: to do something unworthy of one's status or character
Sinhala figure of speech: පොවුවන්නේ නැති
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not feeding (liquid)
English equivalent: Beyond one's depth
Meaning: beyond the range of one's competence or understanding
Sinhala figure of speech: යකාට පන්දම් අල්ලනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Holding torches for the devil
English equivalent: Hold a candle to the devil
Meaning: to be comparable to someone or something that is very evil or wicked
Sinhala figure of speech: ගිලින්ටත් බැරි වමාරන්ටත්  බැරි තත්ත්වත්වයක
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Unable to swallow or vomit
English equivalent: On the horns of a dilemma
Meaning: faced with the choice between two equally unpalatable alternatives
Sinhala figure of speech: තරමෙ හැටි යට ක්‍රියා කරනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Acting according to the size/nature
English equivalent: Keep one's distance
Meaning: to maintain a proper or discreet reserve in respect of another person
Sinhala figure of speech: තට්ටු කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Knocking
English equivalent: Do in
Meaning: to exhaust
Sinhala figure of speech: සාහසික ලෙස මරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Killing violently
English equivalent: Do to death
Meaning: to overuse so that it no longer has any effect
Sinhala figure of speech: පිදුරු ගොඩේ බල්ලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Dog in the straw pile
English equivalent: A dog in the manger
Meaning: a person who prevents others from using something he or she has no use for
Sinhala figure of speech: යකාට යනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Going to the devil
English equivalent: Go to the dogs
Meaning: to go to ruin physically or morally
Sinhala figure of speech: කුණු ගොඩවල් නාවුස්සා ඉන්නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Not stirring trash piles
English equivalent: Let sleeping dogs lie
Meaning: to leave things undisturbed
Sinhala figure of speech: නිවටයා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Coward/Weakling
English equivalent: Under dog
Meaning: person who seems least likely to succeed or win
Sinhala figure of speech: උකටලී වී
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Become dejected/weary
English equivalent: In the doldrums
Meaning: very quiet and nothing new or exciting is happening
Sinhala figure of speech: මනමාලයා'
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The groom
English equivalent: Don Juan
Meaning: a successful seducer of women
Sinhala figure of speech: දෙපිටකාට්ටු වැඩ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Two-side-cutting work
English equivalent: Double-dealing
Meaning:  behaviour which is deliberately deceitful.
Sinhala figure of speech: කිසි සැකයක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Any doubt
English equivalent: Shadow of doubt
Meaning: there is no doubt at all that it is true
Sinhala figure of speech: අබ මල් රේණුවක සැකයක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A doubt of a mustard flower pollen
English equivalent: Shadow of doubt
Meaning: there is no doubt at all that it is true
Sinhala figure of speech: මුහුණ දික් වුණු
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Face became long
English equivalent: Down in the mouth
Meaning: in low spirits
Sinhala figure of speech: වැඩියත් එක්ක
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: With the excess/more
English equivalent: Baker's dozen
Meaning: More than needed
Sinhala figure of speech: එක දෙක කරලා කියනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Saying by making one into two
English equivalent: Draw the long bow
Meaning: to exaggerate in telling something
Sinhala figure of speech: මුහුණ දික් කර ගන්නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Making the face long
English equivalent: Draw a long face
Meaning: to look sad, unhappy, disappointed, or dejected
Sinhala figure of speech: අයින් කරලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Having put aside/corner
English equivalent: Driven to the wall
Meaning: being forced into a desperate or hopeless situation, often leading to humiliation or utter ruin
Sinhala figure of speech: ගණනකට නොගෙන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not taking to a count
English equivalent: Driven to the wall
Meaning: being forced into a desperate or hopeless situation, often leading to humiliation or utter ruin
Sinhala figure of speech: කට වරද්දා ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Getting the mouth wrong
English equivalent: Drop a brick
Meaning: to make a tactless or indiscreet remark
Sinhala figure of speech: ගොඩ වදිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Entering the land/shore
English equivalent: Drop in
Meaning: to pay a casual visit
Sinhala figure of speech: වචනයකින් දන්වනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Informing with a word
English equivalent: Drop a line
Meaning: write to them or email them
Sinhala figure of speech: අලියගේ කටේ මැස්සකු ගියා වගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like a fly went into an elephant's mouth
English equivalent: Drop in the ocean
Meaning: something, that is very small in comparison with the amount which is needed or expected, so that its effect is insignificant
Sinhala figure of speech: වෙරි වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming drunk
English equivalent: Take a drop too much
Meaning: to drink too much alcohol, enough to become drunk
Sinhala figure of speech: අලකොළ මියනකොළ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Yam leaves and Miyana leaves
English equivalent: A drug in the market
Meaning: a commodity available in excess of the demands of the market
Sinhala figure of speech: කජු ඇට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Cashew nuts
English equivalent: A drug in the market
Meaning: a commodity available in excess of the demands of the market
Sinhala figure of speech: කාබාසීනියා කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing "Kabasiniya"
English equivalent: Play ducks and drakes
Meaning: to handle recklessly
Sinhala figure of speech: දිය පෙන්දම් ගහනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hitting water torches 
English equivalent: Play ducks and drakes
Meaning: to handle recklessly
Sinhala figure of speech: නඩලම් ගහනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hitting "Nadalam"
English equivalent: Play ducks and drakes
Meaning: to handle recklessly
Sinhala figure of speech: තෝන්තු වෙලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Having become dazed
English equivalent: In the dumps
Meaning: feeling sad, with no hope
Sinhala figure of speech: කොළේ වහල වැඩ කරනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Working covering the leaf
English equivalent: Throw dust in the eyes
Meaning: to confuse or mislead
Sinhala figure of speech: යුතු කමක් වශයෙන් 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: As a duty
English equivalent: In duty bound
Meaning: In duty bound
Sinhala figure of speech: එපා කරපු විධියේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Of the rejected style
English equivalent: Of the deepest dye
Meaning: of the most marked, especially the worst, sort
Sinhala figure of speech: කන හරහට දෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Giving across the ear
English equivalent: Box the ears
Meaning: to hit someone on the side of the head, usually as a punishment
Sinhala figure of speech: කනේ පාර දෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Giving the ear blow
English equivalent: Box the ears
Meaning: to hit someone on the side of the head, usually as a punishment
Sinhala figure of speech: කන් බීරිවෙන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Ear-deafening
English equivalent: Ear-splitting
Meaning: so loud or shrill as to hurt the ears
Sinhala figure of speech: මේ කනෙන් ඇතුවෙලා අනික් කනෙන් පිට වෙනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Entering this ear and leaving the other
English equivalent: In at one's ear and out of the other
Meaning: heard but quickly forgotten
Sinhala figure of speech: අබ දබර ඇති කරනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Creating disputes
English equivalent: Set by the ears
Meaning: to cause disagreement or commotion
Sinhala figure of speech: උසීගන්නනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Inciting (like a dog)
English equivalent: Set by the ears
Meaning: to cause disagreement or commotion
Sinhala figure of speech: කන් අගුළු දාගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Locking the ears
English equivalent: Turn a deaf ear
Meaning: to be deliberately unresponsive
Sinhala figure of speech: කනේ ඇඟිලි ගහ ගන්නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Putting fingers in ears
English equivalent: Turn a deaf ear
Meaning: to be deliberately unresponsive
Sinhala figure of speech: විතිළුවට නොව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not for a joke
English equivalent: In earnest
Meaning: with serious or sincere intentions
Sinhala figure of speech: මොන ඇන්නෑවකටද?
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රශ්න]
Literal translation: For what nuisance?
English equivalent: Why on earth?
Meaning: extreme surprise, confusion, or anger
Sinhala figure of speech: මුළු සක්වළම පෙරළනවා.
Type: [විශ්වාස][කතා][වාර්තා]
Literal translation: Overturning the whole universe
English equivalent: Move heaven and earth
Meaning: to do everything possible (to achieve something)
Sinhala figure of speech: මෙලොව වැඩකට නැති
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not for a work of this world
English equivalent: Of no earthly use
Meaning: something is completely useless, of no practical value, or has no conceivable benefit
Sinhala figure of speech: යමක් කමක් ඇති
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Having something
English equivalent: In easy circumstances
Meaning: to be in a state of financial comfort, prosperity, or affluence, having sufficient money and resources for a comfortable life
Sinhala figure of speech: බාල්දු වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming devalued
English equivalent: Eat humble pie
Meaning: to behave or be forced to behave humbly
Sinhala figure of speech: කාලය කනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Eating time
English equivalent: Eat one's head off
Meaning: to annoy or pester someone persistently
Sinhala figure of speech: වමාරා කනවෑ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Vomiting and eating
English equivalent: Eat one's words
Meaning: to admit that something you said before was wrong
Sinhala figure of speech: වදෙන් පොරෙන් රිංගා ගන්නවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Squeezing in through torture and struggle
English equivalent: Elbow one's way
Meaning: o forcefully push or shove with your elbows to create a path through a crowded or obstructed area, or to gain access to a desired position
Sinhala figure of speech: අත ළය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hand near
English equivalent: At one's elbow
Meaning: within easy reach
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉඩකඩ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Space-room
English equivalent: Eibow-room
Meaning:  room to move
Sinhala figure of speech: හැරෙන්න හෙල්ලෙන්න ඉඩ 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Space to turn or move
English equivalent: Eibow-room
Meaning:  room to move
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉබ්බා දියේ දැම්මා වාගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][කතා][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like putting a tortoise in water
English equivalent: In one's element
Meaning: they are in a situation they enjoy
Sinhala figure of speech: යන්තම් මොහොතක් තියා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Keeping a slight moment
English equivalent: At the eleventh hour
Meaning: at the last moment
Sinhala figure of speech: අන්තිම මොහොතේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: At the last moment
English equivalent: At the eleventh hour
Meaning: at the last moment
Sinhala figure of speech: එකොළොස්වැනි පැයේදී
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: At the eleventh hour
English equivalent: At the eleventh hour
Meaning: at the last moment
Sinhala figure of speech: හිතාගන්ට බැරුව ඉන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Being unable to think
English equivalent: Be at one's wit's end
Meaning: at a loss to know how to proceed
Sinhala figure of speech: අන්දුන් කුන්දුන් වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming confused
English equivalent: Be at one's wit's end
Meaning: at a loss to know how to proceed
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉවරයක් නැති
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Without a finish
English equivalent: No end
Meaning: very much or many
Sinhala figure of speech: පිට සක්වළ දක්වා
Type: [විශ්වාස][කතා][වාර්තා]
Literal translation: Until the outer universe
English equivalent: Ends of the earth
Meaning: remote locations and, more broadly, to the entire world or all of humanity
Sinhala figure of speech: හෙම්බත් වෙලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Drooped
English equivalent: The end of one's tether
Meaning: distressed or exasperated to the limit of one's endurance
Sinhala figure of speech: අනූනවයට නගිනවා 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Rising to ninety-nine
English equivalent: Go off the deep end
Meaning:  to lose one's temper
Sinhala figure of speech: යකා වැහෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Devil possessing
English equivalent: Go off the deep end
Meaning:  to lose one's temper
Sinhala figure of speech: රජා මරනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][කතා][වාර්තා]
Literal translation: Killing the king
English equivalent: Murder the Queen's English
Meaning: To use incorrect, bad, or ungrammatical English, often by mispronouncing words, using slang, or speaking with a non-standard accent
Sinhala figure of speech: පා තබනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Placing the foot
English equivalent: Enter upon
Meaning:  to begin
Sinhala figure of speech: වාඩුව ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Taking the revenge
English equivalent: Be even with
Meaning: To not be indebted (to someone) for something
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇහ වාගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like the eye
English equivalent: Apple of one's eye
Meaning: a person or thing that is very precious or much loved
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇස් ගහනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hitting the eye
English equivalent: Make eyes at
Meaning: to flirt with or ogle
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇහ නෑර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not leaving the eye
English equivalent: See with half an eye
Meaning: to see or understand (something) easily because it is so evident
Sinhala figure of speech: නහයට එන තෙක් 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Until coming to the nose
English equivalent: Up to the eyes
Meaning: very deeply
Sinhala figure of speech: දැන දැනම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: While knowing and knowing
English equivalent: With one's eyes open
Meaning: in the full knowledge of all relevant facts
Sinhala figure of speech: මුහුණට මුහුණ ලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Placing face to face
English equivalent: Face to face
Meaning:  opposite one another
Sinhala figure of speech: මුහුණවල් හදනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making faces
English equivalent: Make faces
Meaning: produce a facial expression that shows dislike or some other negative emotion, or that is intended to be amusing.
Sinhala figure of speech: මුසුණ දික් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making face long
English equivalent: Pull a long face
Meaning: to look sad, glum, disapproving, etc.
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇත්ත වශයෙන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In truth way
English equivalent: In fact
Meaning: actually
Sinhala figure of speech: හොඳ නම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Good name
English equivalent: Fair name
Meaning: a good reputation
Sinhala figure of speech: හැඩේ  තියෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Shape exists
English equivalent: In a fair way to
Meaning: In a just, honest, impartial, or equitable manner, treating everyone equally without favoritism
Sinhala figure of speech: ලකුණු පෙනෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Signs appear
English equivalent: In a fair way to
Meaning: In a just, honest, impartial, or equitable manner, treating everyone equally without favoritism
Sinhala figure of speech: පල ඇති රුකෙහිලු කුරුළු කොබෙයියොත් වහන්නේ.
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Birds/pigeons land on the tree with fruit
English equivalent: Fair weather friend
Meaning: a person who cannot be relied on in situations of hardship or difficulty
Sinhala figure of speech: කථාවෙන් වැඩක් නැ, කෙරුවාව නැතුව
Type: [උපදේශ][ප්‍රපංච][විධාන]
Literal translation: No use of talk without the doing
English equivalent: Fair words butter no parsnips
Meaning: flattery and kind words alone are not enough to achieve anything tangible; only practical actions and effort can lead to real results
Sinhala figure of speech: අල්ලපු අත්තත්, පය ගහපු අත්තත් දෙකම නැති වෙනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Losing both the branch held and the branch stood on
English equivalent: Fall between two stools
Meaning: to be in an unsatisfactory situation through not belonging to either of two categories or groups
Sinhala figure of speech: දියාරු වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming watery
English equivalent: Fall flat
Meaning: to fail to achieve a desired effect
Sinhala figure of speech: නොරොක් වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming grumpy/sour
English equivalent: Fall foul of 
Meaning: to come into conflict with
Sinhala figure of speech: වඩාගන ඉන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Carrying (on hip/arms)
English equivalent: Fall upon a person's neck
Meaning: to embrace them affectionately and with strong emotion
Sinhala figure of speech: දසත
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Ten directions
English equivalent: Far and wide
Meaning: over great distances
Sinhala figure of speech: අහසට පොළොව වාගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like earth to sky
English equivalent: A far cry
Meaning: something very different
Sinhala figure of speech: නහයට ඉහළින් ගිහින්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Gone above the nose
English equivalent: Far gone
Meaning: in an advanced state of deterioration
Sinhala figure of speech: වැඩේ වැරදිලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The work gone wrong
English equivalent: The fat is in the fire
Meaning: the unfortunate thing has happened and cannot be undone
Sinhala figure of speech: ගින්නෙහි දැමු ලුණු
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Salt put in fire
English equivalent: *The fat is in the fire
Meaning: the unfortunate thing has happened and cannot be undone
Sinhala figure of speech: දෛවයේ සරදම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Irony of fate
English equivalent: The irony of fate
Meaning: unexpected outcome contrary to what was intended
Sinhala figure of speech: උවමනාවට වඩා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: More than the need
English equivalent: To a fault
Meaning: to an extreme degree
Sinhala figure of speech: පමණ ඉක්මවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Exceeding the limit
English equivalent: To a fault
Meaning: to an extreme degree
Sinhala figure of speech: දකුණු අත වාගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like the right hand
English equivalent: In high favour
Meaning: to be well-liked, respected, and approved of by someone in authority or by a group of people
Sinhala figure of speech: මඩිය තරකර ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Fattening the pouch
English equivalent: Feather one's nest
Meaning: to provide oneself with comforts, especially financial
Sinhala figure of speech: මල්ල පුරවා ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Filling the bag
English equivalent: Feather one's nest
Meaning: to provide oneself with comforts, especially financial
Sinhala figure of speech: තලමල පිපිලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Talipot flower bloomed
English equivalent: In high feather
Meaning: in very good humor, health, or form
Sinhala figure of speech: තිත්ත වෙලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Become bitter
English equivalent: Fed up
Meaning: annoyed, discontented, or bored
Sinhala figure of speech: දෙගිඩියාවෙන් සිටිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Being in two-minds
English equivalent: Sit on the fence
Meaning: to be unable or unwilling to commit oneself
Sinhala figure of speech: කැපී පෙනෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Appearing cut
English equivalent: Cut a figure
Meaning:  to attract attention
Sinhala figure of speech: නරකාදි සල්ලිය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hells
English equivalent: Filthy lucre
Meaning: money or financial gain, particularly when obtained through dishonest or immoral means
Sinhala figure of speech: නිමහම් ගෑම    
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: "Nimaham" finishing
English equivalent: Final touch
Meaning: to add the final improvements to something so that you are satisfied with it or certain that it is complete
Sinhala figure of speech: අන්න්තරායක වැටෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Falling into a danger
English equivalent: Burn one's fingers
Meaning: to suffer from having meddled or been rash
Sinhala figure of speech: අත පුච්චා ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Burning the hand
English equivalent: Burn one's fingers
Meaning: to suffer from having meddled or been rash
Sinhala figure of speech: දිව අග
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Tongue tip
English equivalent: At one's finger tips
Meaning: readily available and within one's mental grasp
Sinhala figure of speech: නිම හම් ගැම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Finishing touch
English equivalent: The finishing stroke
Meaning: A small change or addition that serves to complete something
Sinhala figure of speech: දහ දුක විඳගෙන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Suffering ten thousand sorrows
English equivalent: Through fire and water
Meaning: to undergo great difficulties or dangers
Sinhala figure of speech: දියෙන් ගොඩට ගත් මාළුවෙක්
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: A fish taken from water to land
English equivalent: A fish out of water
Meaning: out of one's usual place
Sinhala figure of speech: අත පුච්චා ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Burning the hand
English equivalent: Fish in troubled water
Meaning: to be involved in a very difficult or delicate situation, which could cause you problems
Sinhala figure of speech: රැවුළ පත්තු වෙලා දඟලද්දී සුරුට්ටුව පත්තු කරන්ට යනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Trying to light a cigar while the beard is on fire
English equivalent: *Fish in troubled water
Meaning: to be involved in a very difficult or delicate situation, which could cause you problems
Sinhala figure of speech: අවුල් ජාලාවක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A net/web of confusion
English equivalent: A pretty kettle of fish
Meaning: a very difficult and annoying situation
Sinhala figure of speech: හරි කැඳ හැලියක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A real pot of porridge
English equivalent: A pretty kettle of fish
Meaning: a very difficult and annoying situation
Sinhala figure of speech: පුදුම සතෙක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A surprising animal/creature
English equivalent: A queer fish
Meaning: an eccentric or odd person
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉඳල හිටල
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Having stayed and stood
English equivalent: By fits and starts
Meaning: without concerted effort
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇවිළෙන ගින්නට පිදුරු දමනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Throwing straw into the burning fire
English equivalent: Adding fuel to the flames
Meaning: to make a bad situation worse
Sinhala figure of speech: පුසු වෙඩිල්ල
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hollow/Empty shot
English equivalent: Flash in the pan
Meaning: a project, person, etc, that enjoys only short-lived success, notoriety, etc
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇඟට නොදැනෙන තරම්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: To the extent not felt by the body
English equivalent: Flea-bite
Meaning: a trifling pain or annoyance
Sinhala figure of speech: නිකම් කජ්ජක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Just a kernel/nut
English equivalent: Flea-bite
Meaning: a trifling pain or annoyance
Sinhala figure of speech: කොයිකටත් නැති
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not for anything
English equivalent: Neither fish, flesh (fowl), nor good herring
Meaning: something that is not easily categorized, doesn't belong in a particular group, or fits poorly in a given situation
Sinhala figure of speech: වඩ දිය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Rising water
English equivalent: Flood tide
Meaning: a large, overwhelming amount of something
Sinhala figure of speech: සුමිහිරි පානය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Very sweet drink
English equivalent: Flowing bowl
Meaning: Alchohol
Sinhala figure of speech: කිරෙන් සහ පැණියෙන් උතුරා යන
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Overflowing with milk and honey
English equivalent: Flowing with milk and honey
Meaning:  place of great abundance, prosperity, and ease where everything is plentiful and life is perfect
Sinhala figure of speech: කඩා පනිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Breaking and jumping
English equivalent: Fly at
Meaning: to attack suddenly by or as by flying or springing toward
Sinhala figure of speech: පොඩි කොස්සක්
Type: [විශ්වාස][කතා][වාර්තා]
Literal translation: A small broom (Note: "Kossa" can also mean a snag/hitch)
English equivalent: Fly in the ointment
Meaning: a slight flaw that detracts from value, completeness, or enjoyment
Sinhala figure of speech: කෝපයෙන් පුපුරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Exploding with anger
English equivalent: Foam with rage
Meaning: to be in a state of extreme, uncontrolled anger, to the point where one seems beside themselves with fury
Sinhala figure of speech: හිතුමතේ ක්‍රියා කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Acting on mind's opinion
English equivalent: Follow one's own devices
Meaning:  to be allowed to do whatever one wishe
Sinhala figure of speech: මායා ලෝකය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Illusion world
English equivalent: Fool's paradise
Meaning: a state of deceptive happiness, based on illusions or delusions
Sinhala figure of speech: කෝලමක් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing a mask-dance/comedy
English equivalent: Make a fool of
Meaning: you make one seem silly by telling people about something stupid that they have done, or by tricking them.
Sinhala figure of speech: පය ගහ ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hitting the foot (on something)
English equivalent: Gain a footing
Meaning: to establish a position, presence, or stability in a new situation, place, or market
Sinhala figure of speech: මැරෙන්ට ඔන්න මෙන්න කියා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Saying "here and there" to die
English equivalent: One foot in the grave
Meaning: near to death
Sinhala figure of speech: වළ පයයි ගොඩ පයයි
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: One foot in the pit, one foot on land
English equivalent: One foot in the grave
Meaning: near to death
Sinhala figure of speech: කට වරද්ද ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Getting the mouth wrong
English equivalent: Put one's foot in it
Meaning: to blunder
Sinhala figure of speech: අඩිය තියනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Placing the foot
English equivalent: Set foot on
Meaning: to go on or into
Sinhala figure of speech: පය ගහනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hitting the foot
English equivalent: Set foot on
Meaning: to go on or into
Sinhala figure of speech: නොකර බැරි වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming unable not to do
English equivalent: Force a man's hand
Meaning: to force someone to act
Sinhala figure of speech: කුකුල් නින්ද
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Chicken sleep
English equivalent: Forty winks
Meaning: a short light sleep
Sinhala figure of speech: උදේ පිපිණු මලක මෙන් නවතාවක් ඇති
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Freshness like a flower bloomed in the morning
English equivalent: Fresh as new paint
Meaning: very fresh, clean, and new
Sinhala figure of speech: අඹ යහළුවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Mango friend 
English equivalent: Bosom friend
Meaning: an intimate friend
Sinhala figure of speech: යකා වැහෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Devil possessing
English equivalent: Get one's goat
Meaning: to anger, annoy, or frustrate a person
Sinhala figure of speech: සායම යනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The paint going off
English equivalent: Take the gilt off the gingerbread
Meaning: to destroy the part of something that gives it its appeal
Sinhala figure of speech: පාර හොද්දේ ලුණු නැතිව යනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: The road / The hit
English equivalent: Take the gilt off the gingerbread
Meaning: to destroy the part of something that gives it its appeal
Sinhala figure of speech: කැසපට ගසා ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Going without salt in the gravy
English equivalent: Gird up one's loins
Meaning: to prepare oneself for something requiring readiness, strength, or endurance
Sinhala figure of speech: බැටේ දෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Tucking up the loincloth
English equivalent: Give it to
Meaning: beat or scold
Sinhala figure of speech: අහෝසි වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Giving the "Bat"
English equivalent: Give up the ghost
Meaning: to die
Sinhala figure of speech: තරව්කාරයා  
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming abolished
English equivalent: Go-between
Meaning: a person who acts as agent or intermediary for two people or groups in a transaction or dealing
Sinhala figure of speech: මගුල් කපුවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Marriage Kapuwa (matchmaker)
English equivalent: Go-between
Meaning: a person who acts as agent or intermediary for two people or groups in a transaction or dealing
Sinhala figure of speech: යහපත් සමාරිතයෙක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A Good Samaritan
English equivalent: A good Samaritan
Meaning:  a kindly person who helps another in difficulty or distress
Sinhala figure of speech: වළට ඇදෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Dragging to the pit
English equivalent: Sink into the grave
Meaning: approaching death